EP2098133B1 - Fixation de poils et de sous-ensemble de plaque et procédé de fabrication - Google Patents

Fixation de poils et de sous-ensemble de plaque et procédé de fabrication Download PDF

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EP2098133B1
EP2098133B1 EP09250560.1A EP09250560A EP2098133B1 EP 2098133 B1 EP2098133 B1 EP 2098133B1 EP 09250560 A EP09250560 A EP 09250560A EP 2098133 B1 EP2098133 B1 EP 2098133B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
    • F16J15/00—Sealings
    • F16J15/16—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces
    • F16J15/32—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings
    • F16J15/3284—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings characterised by their structure; Selection of materials
    • F16J15/3288—Filamentary structures, e.g. brush seals
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49229—Prime mover or fluid pump making
    • Y10T29/49297—Seal or packing making
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53657—Means to assemble or disassemble to apply or remove a resilient article [e.g., tube, sleeve, etc.]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53961—Means to assemble or disassemble with work-holder for assembly

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  • This disclosure relates to a brush seal assembly. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a method of securing bristles to a plate.
  • Brush seals are widely used to seal rotating structures. For example, the use of brush seals is prevalent in gas turbine engines. Typical brush seal manufacturing methods require numerous steps during which various components are welded to one another, which greatly impacts the manufacturing time and cost of the brush seal.
  • a brush seal typically includes at least three components: a bristle assembly or hoop and first and second plates arranged on either side of the bristle assembly.
  • the plates and bristle assembly are joined to one another by various welds.
  • One typical manufacturing process includes arranging the bristles in a fixture and securing a periphery of the bristles using a weld bead to provide the bristle assembly.
  • the weld bead must then be machined to provide a smooth surface for subsequent welding operations.
  • the machined bristle assembly is arranged between the plates and a weld bead is applied across the machined periphery and adjoining surfaces of the plates.
  • the components of the brush seal are tungsten inert gas (TIG) manually welded by a highly skilled welder.
  • TIG tungsten inert gas
  • Automated laser welding although suggested in the prior art, cannot be used because the machined surface of the bristle assembly must run true to the adjoining surface on the detail, which it does not. If adjoining surfaces are not true to one another, then porosity results in the weld when laser welding is employed, which renders the brush seal scrap.
  • the orientation of the bristles is directional, the bristle assembly has been oriented and secured incorrectly relative to the plates, which renders the brush seal scrap.
  • the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a brush seal assembly as set forth in claim 1.
  • a gas turbine engine 10 is schematically shown in Figure 1 .
  • the engine 10 includes a low spool 12 and a high spool 14 coaxial with one another for rotation about a common axis.
  • a low pressure compressor 16 and low pressure turbine 18 are mounted on the low spool 12.
  • a high pressure compressor section 20 and a high pressure turbine section 22 are mounted on the high spool 14.
  • a fan 13 is coupled to the low spool 12.
  • the spools 12, 14 and compressor and turbine sections 16, 18, 20 and 22 are mounted within a case 11.
  • Various rotating structures are sealed relative to the case 11 with seals 24.
  • One such commonly used seal is a brush seal.
  • a brush seal assembly 28 is housed within a carrier 26 and retained relative thereto by a retainer 30 and a shoulder of the carrier.
  • the brush seal assembly 28 seals against a rotating member 32.
  • the brush seal assembly 28 includes bristles 36 circumferentially arranged about an axis A ( Figure 5 ).
  • First and second plates 40, 42 are secured about the bristles 36 to provide the brush seal assembly 28.
  • the bristles 36 are not secured to one another to provide a bristle assembly or hoop before securing the bristles to the plates 40, 42. Instead, the bristles 36 are secured directly to at least one plate 40, 42.
  • a fixture 44 is used to secure bristles 60 and plate 62 to one another in a desired diametrical and angular orientation so that they can be welded together.
  • a base 48 is temporarily positioned in a shuttle 46.
  • the base 48 includes inner guides 54 that provide first bristle alignment features.
  • An inner diameter surface 67 of the shuttle 46 provides a second bristle alignment feature.
  • the shuttle 46 includes outer guides 56 that provide third bristle alignment features.
  • the bristles 60 are supported on a bottom wall 52 of the base 48.
  • the guides 54, 56 locate the bristles 60 in a desired orientation relative to one another as they are circumferentially spaced about the axis A, best shown in Figure 5 .
  • Outer ends of the bristles 60 provide an edge 64.
  • the edges 64 of the bristles 60 are arranged to abut an inner diameter surface 67 of the shuttle 46.
  • a plate 62 is arranged adjacent the bristles 60 such that the plate 62 and bristles 64 are in engagement with one another.
  • the plate 62 includes a periphery or perimeter edge 66 that also abuts the inner diameter surface 67 of the shuttle 46.
  • the edges 64 of the bristles 60 and the perimeter edge 66 of the plate 62 together provide a flush surface 68. That is, the outer ends (edges 64) of the bristles 60 run true to the outside diameter (perimeter edge 66) of the plate 62.
  • edges 64 and perimeter edge 66 are coplanar at a plane P that is tangential to the periphery of the plate 62.
  • a cover 50 is secured to the base 48 by fasteners 58 to securely retain the bristles 60 and plate 62 relative to one another in the desired position.
  • the fixture 44 is removed from the shuttle 46 using eyebolts 65, for example.
  • the flush surface 68 is exposed, as shown in Figures 6 and 7 .
  • the bristles 60 are welded to the plate 62 using a welder 70.
  • the welder 70 is a laser welder that generates a weld bead 72 securing the bristles 60 to the plate 62 with a laser beam 74.
  • the weld bead 72 generated with the laser welder is more precise and much smaller than a TIG generated weld bead, thus requiring less machining.
  • the example brush seal manufacturing method 76 is schematically shown in Figure 8 .
  • the method 76 includes aligning the bristles 60 and plate 62 to provide a flush surface 68, as described above, as schematically indicated at block 78.
  • the bristles 60 are welded to the plate 62, as indicated at block 80.
  • multiple bristle and plate subassemblies can be arranged one on top of another to provide a multi-layered brush seal, as indicated at block 82.
  • the brush seal assembly is machined at its periphery to achieve desired surface features and dimensions at the weld bead 72, as indicated at block 84.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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  • Turbine Rotor Nozzle Sealing (AREA)
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  1. Procédé de fabrication d'un ensemble étanche à balais (28) comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    positionner une base (48) momentanément dans une navette (46), dans lequel la base (48) comprend des guides internes (54) qui fournissent des premiers éléments d'alignement de soies et la navette (46) comprend une surface de diamètre interne (67) qui fournit un deuxième élément d'alignement de soies et des guides externes (56) qui fournissent des troisièmes éléments d'alignement de soies ;
    aménager sur la périphérie des soies (60) autour d'un axe (A) dans une orientation souhaitée les unes par rapport aux autres au moyen des guides internes (54) de la base (48) et des guides externes (56) de la navette (46) et appuyer les extrémités non soudées (64) des soies (60) contre la surface de diamètre interne (67) de la navette (46) ;
    aménager une plaque (62) en position adjacente aux soies (60) de sorte que le bord périphérique ou périmétrique (66) de la plaque (62) s'appuie également sur la surface de diamètre interne (67) de la navette (46) de sorte que les extrémités non soudées (64) des soies (60) et le bord périmétrique (66) de la plaque (62) forment conjointement une surface de niveau (68) ;
    fixer une coiffe (50) à la base (48) pour retenir les soies (60) et la plaque (62) en prise l'une avec l'autre dans l'orientation souhaitée ;
    retirer la base (48) de la navette (46) ; et
    souder les extrémités non soudées (64) des soies (60) à la périphérie (66) de la plaque sur la surface de niveau (68) pour former un sous-ensemble unitaire.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les extrémités non soudées comprennent des bords (64), les bords formant une surface de niveau (68) avec la périphérie (66), la périphérie (66) comprenant un plan (P) qui lui est tangentiel, les bords (64) et la périphérie (66) étant coplanaires l'un avec l'autre au niveau du plan (P).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel l'étape d'aménagement des soies comprend l'espacement des soies (60) l'une par rapport à l'autre avec lesdits guides (54, 56) aménagés entre les soies (60).
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la plaque (62) est aménagée sur les guides (54, 56).
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'étape de soudage comprend le soudage au laser de la surface de niveau (68).
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la périphérie (66) est une périphérie externe.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, dans lequel les extrémités non soudées (64) des soies (60) et la périphérie externe (66) de la plaque sont définies par une surface de diamètre interne (67) de la navette.
  8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la plaque (62) et les soies (60) sont aménagées axialement l'une par rapport à l'autre, la plaque (62) et les soies (60) étant en prise l'une avec l'autre.
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